Handbook of International Large-Scale Assessment: Background, Technical Issues, and Methods of Data Analysis (Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439895120 ISBN 13: 9781439895122

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2013

Synopsis

Winner of the 2017 AERA Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award!

Technological and statistical advances, along with a strong interest in gathering more information about the state of our educational systems, have made it possible to assess more students, in more countries, more often, and in more subject domains. The Handbook of International Large-Scale Assessment: Background, Technical Issues, and Methods of Data Analysis brings together recognized scholars in the field of ILSA, behavioral statistics, and policy to develop a detailed guide that goes beyond database user manuals.

After highlighting the importance of ILSA data to policy and research, the book reviews methodological aspects and features of the studies based on operational considerations, analytics, and reporting. The book then describes methods of interest to advanced graduate students, researchers, and policy analysts who have a good grounding in quantitative methods, but who are not necessarily quantitative methodologists. In addition, it provides a detailed exposition of the technical details behind these assessments, including the test design, the sampling framework, and estimation methods, with a focus on how these issues impact analysis choices.

About this title

About the Author

Leslie Rutkowski, Matthias von Davier, David Rutkowski

From the Back Cover

International large-scale assessments (ILSAs) of educational achievement such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study and the Programme for International Student Assessment are an increasingly important part of the educational research and policy landscape in the U.S. and internationally. This book will bring together recognized scholars in the field of ILSA, behavioral statistics, and policy to develop a detailed guide for ILSA users that goes beyond ILSA user manuals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439895120
• ISBN 13: 9781439895122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 648
• Editor: Rutkowski Leslie, Von Davier Matthias, Rutkowski David